The Arctic is warming faster than many other parts of the planet. This warming is not only melting ice and snow—it’s also ...

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

The newest arrivals at a subzero lab in Cambridge are not just some blocks of ice — they are time machines. This month, ...

The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are ...

These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed ...

How they made the discovery — Using various earth system and ice sheet models, including one created by the research team’s Alfred Wegener Institute, the researchers simulate changes to the ...

Records of ice cover itself are, for a select few lakes, some of the longest and largest climate data sets collected by people. The oldest, collected by Shinto monks in Japan, go back to 1443.

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, overconsumption and drought, a new study has found. Arid land areas are ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Scientists studying an ice core extracted from Antarctica, which had preserved the planet's climate history going back nearly 70,000 years, have discovered a link between ...

At the northern and southern tips of our planet are tiny bubbles of air trapped for millions of years within polar ice. These microscopic time capsules hold a record of Earth’s atmosphere — and thus ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...